Sen’Derrick Marks, the Jaguars’ newest defensive tackle, should be a good fit in Jacksonville.

At least off the field.

Marks likes to fish and golf and he will have ample opportunities to do both in his new home. But don’t call him a fisherman.

“That would downgrade my skills,” he said. “I’m an angler.”

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“A fisherman just goes out, and I guess they catch fish,” Marks said. “You just throw a reel into the water and hope a fish catches it. I’m an angler, so I catch fish. I’m going to go out knowing I’m going to catch a fish.

“Growing up in Alabama [around Mobile], being around water, my family loves to fish. I went out fishing with my father all the time. I grew a real love for it. I still enjoy doing it,” he said.

Marks acknowledges his golfing skills don’t match his angling ones.

“I don’t want to put my score out there like that,” he said.

The big question is what Marks will do for the Jaguars on the field after leaving the Tennessee Titans.

In effect, Roy Miller and Marks, the two defensive tackles the Jaguars have signed, replaced Terrance Knighton and C.J. Mosley and will be part of a rotation, along with Tyson Alualu.

“I like the scheme of the defense,” Marks said of joining the Jaguars. “I wanted to be part of it. It’s where I best fit at. I’m a nose guard doing a lot of the dirty work and penetrating. My job is to make the offensive line miserable and mess up the offensive play.”

His role also might depend on whether the Jaguars draft a defensive tackle high in the draft.

Marks said he didn’t ask about starting and is ready to fill any role the Jaguars have for him.

“However, it turns out, I’m cool with it,” he said.

He also liked what he heard from new coach Gus Bradley and canceled other visits to sign with the Jaguars.

“We talked about football, but he wanted to get to know you as a person rather than just as a football player,” Marks said.

Marks had perhaps his best NFL season last year, registering career-highs in starts (14) and tackles (63).

The Titans selected Marks, who played at Auburn, in the second round of the 2009 draft.

He started 26 of 51 games for the Titans but was viewed as somewhat of a disappointment because he didn’t become an impact player. Tennessee did not to make an effort to keep him.

Marks doesn’t see it that way.

“I’m not disappointed at all. They drafted me, and I played four great years,” he said. “I love the city, love the team, love the organization. Sometimes, they want to make changes. It’s part of the business.”

Marks signed a one-year deal for $1.5 million, with most of it is guaranteed. So he is likely to be in the Jaguars’ plans this year.

He said he didn’t have a problem with the length of the contract.

“I like to prove myself,” he said. “Everything will take care of itself.”

Marks will be participating at the Jaguars’ veteran minicamp next week, and though Maurice Jones-Drew (foot) will not, Marks has fond memories of the two trash-talking during several Jaguars-Titans games.

“He’s a talker, and that’s what he thrives on,” Marks said. “He loves it. It makes the game a lot better when you can express those feelings and get after guys.

“What happens between the lines is never taken personally. I don’t like anybody I play against. If my dad was a player in the league and he played on the other side, I wouldn’t like him.

it looks like our greatest need at the moment is cornerback, (no definite starters) therefore i could see the need to draft a cornerback with the #2 pick if possible. We could possibly pick up a veteran cornerback and that need would change. it looks like we are already set at the Leo position, for now.

if we wait to pick up a cornerback with the second round pick, a top defensive back may not be available, so we wouldn't want to overdraft at the position. however it has been noted that the draft is deep at the defensive back position.

what is the probability that 5 defensive backs are chosen in the first round: 85%

What is the probability that 6 defensive backs are chosen,68%

What is the probability that 7 defensive backs are chosen in the first round 55%

A lot of our d-line issues can be attributed to poor coverage. If the WR/TE is open at the snap of the ball, what chance does the d-line have to get pressure? Our corners for the last few years have been terrible (especially in man coverage - Spead). I am starting to lean towards drafting D. Milliner or as many other quality DB's as we can get. I don't know how good Marks will be for us, but I know he wont get a chance to show us anything (in one year) if the ball is thrown to a wide open WR/TE/RB right after the snap...

He might be an average DT, but for 1.5 mill. for 1 year and he passes a physical ? How can you beat that ? I like the guys attitude. He likes to fish and he has a mean streak. We need that on the DL.
Caldwell might be going cheap with the FAs but seriously if he went too crazy in the other direction and he missed, he would be excoriated. So far I like his methodology. We will see if it works.